Humiliation for Saudi Arabia as it's 'forced to scale back $1.5trillion plans for 106-mile-long city The Line to just 1.5miles with workers already being laid off at desert construction site'
Daily Mail - 2024-04-10T12:14:14.000Z

Stunning concept images released by Saudi Arabia showed a vast, mirrored structure cutting through the desert near crystal blue ocean waters. It is not clear what the project will look like scaled back.

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